Misery's impact on culture.

Stephen King's Misery was such a success around the world. Everyone knows him for his works and epic moments on his novels. The Shining was not the exception. 30 seconds to Mars made a video called "The Kill" which is inspired on Stephen King's The Shining. "It" was another movie that had such an impact, specially with the little kids who were afraid of Pennywise. Without a doubt, King is such a genius and he knows how to make an impact with every work. And, of course, Misery is not the exception at all. A mexican group called "División Minúscula" wrote a song based on this novel, the song is called "Tinta Y Papel" and it talked about obssesion. Maroon 5 has a song relationed with Misery too. It is called "Misery", so original right?. The video is quite similar to the plot of Misery.
It is not a surprise that Misery caused such impact on society, we all have our own Annie, inside or outside us.

Opinion

Misery is such an interesting book because, in my personal opinion, King is the only author who can take put your biggest fears with easy things or just daily things. King doesn't need blood or monsters to make you feel scared. It's all in the mind and he knows that. Mind control is a key for King's movies. It's just that feeling when you know thta these things could happen at anytime and the worst things is that these things could happen in your daily life. That's why I loved the book, Misery is about Annie's searching. Searching in life & love. She found that on Misery's books which is totally good but what happened at some point? She was totally mental and she put her life on Misery's life. Human nature is different and it depends on each person's psychology. If you read the book carefully, you'll find out all these things. It's such a master piece because King talked about human nature, searching of life & obsession which makes a perfect combination and you can see in the novel.

I'm your #1 FAN.

At the end of the novel, Paul is eating with a friend in a restaurant. Suddenly, his friend asked him about his new novel which is inspired on Annie's situation. Paul told him that Annie made him strong and capable to do new things. Then, the waitress came and, it's Annie, she told him to Paul if he wanted something else. Paul said that it's enough and the waitress said "Oh, by the way Mr. Sheldon, I'M YOUR NUMBER 1 FAN!". Now the waitress is not Annie and suddenly she is. Paul saw her a lot of times on his fans' faces or just in people's faces but thta was quite good for him because he could get over Annie at all.

The End...

Pain, that's what Paul lived the last weeks of his life but know he has Annie on his hands with the new Misery's book. Annie want to see it but Paul has an idea. He will burn the book in front of Annie and then it'll be the end of both. At the end of the story, Annie killed the sheriff and try to kill Paul because he burned the book. They had a confrontation that it's just awesome, you can't stop reading the book in that specific part. Annie seems to be killed now, so Paul run - on his "particular" way - to the door and then, SURPRISE, the deathless Annie is here, Paul fight for his life and try so at the end he can't take it anymore and .... Paul killed Annie. He finally can put an end to this situation and for Annie there's no way. She was just a passionate woman who wants to be loved. But at the end she was crazy, Annie wanted to find her life in a book. She was searching for a life and for a reason to exist. But Paul finished with her existence.

It's kill or be killed now....

Seems like Paul can't find a way to escape while Annie is crazier than ever. She wants him to write Misery and give her a happy life. But Paul knows perfectly that now he has to risk everything to have his life again. So when he finish the novel, Annie come to the room, excited about the idea, she kiss Paul telling him that he's the love of her entire life. Paul tell her that she has to wait a few days and then she will be able to see it. Then Annie goes to the town and Paul try to escape again because he can't resist this situation anymore. It's kill or be killed now. He has to find a way out. When Annie returns, she realize that Paul wannted to escape so she lay him down on the bed and here it comes. Worst moment on the book & movie. She puts a table between Paul's legs. "I have to do this Paul, I can't let you go." Paul's bones cracked in just seconds. With a hammer, Annie hit him with anger. It was his end..... ?

Misery II?

I was thinking about this possibility, it would be nice to see a sequel of the movie but sometimes the second parts are not so good at all. The idea of put the life of Annie in a second movie is quite interesting. In fact, there are so much key facts that could help. Annie was arrested and she was a nurser who killed many babies so her madness maybe is justified with these facts. Human nature is a factor in this novel, if Misery II comes out, it should recreate the nature of Annie as a madness person at all. There's no other way to start another movie. It must begin with Anni'es life and how she enrolled with Misery. What's the essence in Misery's books that makes Annie feel so good? There aare a lot of lost points in the movie that could fit perfectly in a sequel. Well, at the end, it's just an idea. Maybe as I said second parts are not good at all.

The woman behind Annie

Annie Wilkes, the horror character of the novel, was played by Kathy Bates who won an Oscar for that role. There's no better actress for Annie. Kathy has all the characteristics that Annie has. 

The fact that she won an Oscar says a lot of the role she played. Her force and precision in the movie was the key. Annie had to be a crazy but clever woman, someone obsessed with Misery. Annie never had a life, a real social life. Kathy knew how to make the combination and how to create a life inside of Misery because that was the key of the movie. Annie lived just for Misery and without Misery her life was over. She was able to cause you fear just with that evil looking, with that feeling of loneliness that makes you think that she'll do anything for get what she wants. Some actresses like Bette Midler turned down the role because they didn't want to be seen as a deranged. In fact, that was the image needed to Annie and obviously the trump card for the Oscar. Kathy took that risk and changed her image just to be Annie in that moment. She knew that Annie will be totally different in all the perspectives. But changes are good, changes are the key for the success and that's what helped Kathy.